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Overview: Endometrial Cancer
How Many Women Get Endometrial Cancer?

The American Cancer Society's most recent estimates for uterus cancer (both endometrial cancer and uterine sarcomas) in the United States are for 2009:

  • 42,160 new cases of uterus cancer (most of these will be endometrial cancer -- cancers that start in the lining of the uterus)
  • 7,780 deaths from uterus cancer

In this country, cancer of the endometrium is the most common cancer found in women's reproductive organs. The chance of a woman having this cancer during her lifetime is about one in 40.

Last Medical Review: 11/18/2009
Last Revised: 11/18/2009
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